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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Caproni Campini N.1

Eighty-five years ago today (August 27, 1940), the Caproni Campini N.1 made its first flight. Designed by Italian engineer Secondo Campini and built in partnership with the Caproni aircraft company, ...
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Building a jet before the jet engine - Italy’s Caproni Campini N.1

The Caproni Campini N.1 was Italy’s bold attempt to enter the jet age before true turbojets were ready, using a piston engine ...
The National Interest

Stipa-Caproni

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Buoyed by the Italian government funding of his project, and interest in his work from the Italian aeronautics community, Stipa patented his design in Italy, ...
The Aviationist

All You Need To Know About The Epic Formation Of A Caproni Ca.3 Replica And An F-35B

A Caproni Ca.3 WWI bomber replica flew in formation with an Italian Air Force F-35B over Istrana earlier this week. As the videos and photos posted online show, in order to match the speed of the ...
La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno

The challenge and history of flight at the Caproni museum

(ANSA) - Trento, May 3 - A show of aircraft marking important milestones in Italian aviation history has opened at the Caproni Aeronautics Museum near Trento. Entitled The Challenge of Flight, the ...
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This strange barrel airplane is the ancestor of modern jet engines

Stipa-Caproni is an Italian experimental aircraft designed by Luigi Stipa and built by Gianni Caproni in 1932. Its barrel-shape fuselage, enclosing the engine and propeller, served as inspiration of ...